Talinum, Fame Flower, Jewels of Opar 'Limon'

Very handsome plant (self-sowing annual here) grown primarily for its chartreuse foliage. The flowers and seedpods are attractive, too, b...Read Moreut only on close inspection---they have a see-through quality, and form a gauzy cloud that hovers over the foliage.

The foliage stays under about six inches, and when placing this plant in the border or in containers, that's the height it's important to remember. Among taller plants, it will get lost.

Tough, trouble-free.

Yes, this is can be a fairly aggressive self-sower, but the seeds fall near the parent plant, and when I got tired of it, I was able to eliminate it from the garden without too much work. BTW, the chartreuse-foliage trait comes 100% true by seed.

Now I'm looking to grow it again.

"Fame flower" is the common name for a different species, Talinum calycinum.

Yes, it IS invasive even here where it dies out in the winter, but the seedlings pop up in every conceivable place the next spring and su...Read Moremmer. I can well understand that it is a pest in warmer climes. I started with a seed packet 12 years ago and I still have plenty.
I do love the flower stems though, and excellent, long lasting filler in bouquets and as a bunch by themselves. It even is great for drying. The leaves are an attractive lemon color and the plant itself is great for container gardening.
It works in any soil in full sun. It can be used in drier soil. Just be prepared to pick out the seedlings next spring where you had it the previous year

I bought this plant 3 years ago and just this week discovered the name of it in Birds and Blooms. I have shared it with many friends. I...Read Moret does well here in pots, shade and sun. I love it. Just hoe up the unwanted plants. It reseeds each year.

a friend gave this to me about 20 years ago and I can't
get rid of it!
I have dug up many of them thru the years.
ve...Read Morery invasive in Savannah.

Love this plant. Have it in two round containers as the centerpiece surrounded by sunpatiens. The leaf color and long panicles offer such...Read More interest. My first year with them and I'm planning many more next summer. It's already started baby sprouts from seedlings around the countainer on the ground.

First bought this plant as a filler in a whiskey barrel about 5 years ago. The next spring I noticed seedlings I didn't recognize coming...Read More up in the barrel. They turned out to be Limon. I moved some into the yard here and there and now have them coming up every spring. A fast grower once they get going and easy to grow in Zone 3. You must not disturb the soil in the spring or the seeds will get buried too deeply to germinate.

This plant is easy to grow and does well in the Texas heat. These were planted along with other plants in large pots and were bought as ...Read Morean annual. However, this spring, I had MANY, MANY plants come up from seed....in the pots and in soil around the porch. So I give it a win-win for reseeding and easy growth as well as beautiful coloration and heighth. However, this could be a very invasive plant if you aren't a very hands on gardener!

Wonderful unusual annual here in NY. great when planted in mass.

I use this plant as part of a wine barrel planter on my front porch. In full sun, tho shade from 3pm on. Here in North Idaho, I use it ...Read Moreas an annual, so I collect the seed heads for next years' plants. In a container, the stems with flowers grow about a foot long, and don't flop. Leaves to 6"; it works well for me. Love the chartreuse leaves!

I recieved this plant from an employee from Riverbanks Zoo in South Carolina. The little chartreuse plants were escaping their home out ...Read Moreinto the walkway. There was nothing on the plants sems but the pods crazy me I thought these were the flowers at the time. I am putting them into my garden next spring and letting then go into competiton with the other wild like things I grow.
As well as use then in containers.

This plant is beautiful and very unusual. Easy to grow.

This plant can become invasive. Here in North Florida in is a perennial, and it is hard to get rid of. When you try to pull it up it brakes off.

In North Georgia (7a) we can grow this an annual. I only planted in August and by October it had grown by leaps and bounds. Reseeds ove...Read Morer and over. The tall thin shoots come up with little berry like seed pods. The plant is a beautiful bright green and the shoots are deep pink or purple. I brought two little plants inside and they are still doing well on my windowsill. I will plant them outside in April.
I also should add that it did really well during our record drought this year.